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The fourth leg of Sailonline’s World Race 2014-2015 from Sanya in China, to Auckland, New Zealand, was an amazing affair with the stated distance of 5,396nm belying the complexity of the courses most people sailed. The choices of course to sail were many and varied and the natural obstacles of landmasses, prevailing winds and the need for sleep created every possible permutation of routing. Just review tracks on hmm’s Race Data Centre and you will find yourself endlessly fascinated by the choices some have made, and constantly amazed at the talent and skill that brought the top finishers to the line ahead of everyone else.

Our podium three are to be congratulated on crossing the line ahead of the rest of us, but the tales that can be told of and by so many others who arrived in the first few hours just go to show what a talented bunch are the top sailors on Sailonline! Bravo!

When SOLer and SRC Member fastpassage39 designed this race in the Seattle/Vancouver area, he had no idea that it would become the second ever race on Sailonline to use the WRF Hi-Res weather system. Already a delightful course, the stakes were raised as the complex winds of reality were brought to life on the race screen. Everyone who entered was challenged by the rapidly changing nature of the weather updates, and as it took nearly 2.1/2 hrs for the first 20 racers to finish, it just shows how difficult the conditions were and how highly we should congratulate our podium three. Bravo guys!

There is a real buzz about the SPRINT series this year and it is due in part to the development during last year by designer and SRC Member MustangMark of the PYOC (pick-your-own-course) format, but also in part to the growing awareness among offshore and ocean-racing SOLers that the skills and techniques of inshore racing and mark-rounding are also needed for success on Sailonline! The choice of venues, judiciously scattered around the globe, with start times equally spread to afford all an opportunity to race at a convenient time at least once/twice each quarter, also means that the series is increasing the pool of winners.

This sprint race, set in the South Atlantic, saw relatively consistent conditions throughout and the nature of the course itself led to some inventive tracks to the finish. Our podium three are to be congratulated for their success – with 52 boats finishing in the first 5 minutes it was truly nailbiting stuff! Well done guys!